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A JAPANESE SERENADE by W. RUMSEY KINNEY

First Line: DIM BLUISH MOUNTAINS SLOWLY FLUSH
Last Line: YUKI, COME.
Subject(s): COURTSHIP; JAPAN; YALE UNIVERSITY; JAPANESE;

DIM bluish mountains slowly flush
In the lingering glow of a rich harvest sun;
Over the rice fields steals a hush,
And sleepy stars peep one by one.
Yuki, come; Yuki, come.
Ere the sunset's last gold glimmer
Fades before the pale moon's shimmer,
Yuki, come.

Pale cherry blossoms tint the dale,
Running rampant through meadows and over the hills;
Low on a branch a nightingale
Is floating its silvery trills.
Yuki, come; Yuki, come,
'Mid a thousand pink-white petals,
Falling, while the twilight settles,
Yuki, come.

Sorcerous moonlight traces faint
The shadowy gnarling of all the trees --
Fairy tracings, queer and quaint,
That waver in the shifting breeze.
Yuki, come; Yuki, come,
Come, and all the night we'll wander
Where the wind is sighing yonder,
Yuki, come.



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